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Chrissy Teigen Opens Up About Her Struggle With Alcohol

Teigen gets real about her struggle with alcohol and holds nothing back

Chrissy Teigen is the goddess of authenticity, and an expert at telling it like it is. Her latest dose of brutally honest, what-you-see-is-what you-get reality? Her struggle with alcohol.

Teigen recently opened up to Cosmopolitan, explaining why she was drinking a Red Bull while everyone else was sipping frosé cocktails before an event.

“I was, point blank, just drinking too much,” she admitted. She said her drinking went from a drink or two here and there, and then spiraled from there.

“I got used to being in hair and makeup and having a glass of wine. Then that glass of wine would carry over into me having one before the awards show. And then a bunch at the awards show. And then I felt bad for making kind of an ass of myself to people that I really respected. And that feeling, there’s just nothing like that. You feel horrible. It’s not a good look for me, for John, for anybody.”

Teigen, her husband John Legend, and 16-month-old daughter Luna spent the summer traveling to places like Italy and Bali (ummm…jealous!) before they get ready for another round of IVF treatments. While the family was in Bali, Teigen went to a wellness retreat to reset her health. She eschewed alcohol entirely, ate more healthfully, exercised, and generally felt amazing. She admitted that staying the course will be more difficult once she’s back in the Hollywood scene and the stress of daily life takes hold, and she hasn’t ruled out going completely sober.

With her lifestyle, where cocktails are constantly replenished, Teigen admitted that she didn’t “know how to go to an awards show and not drink.” And while awards shows might not be something the rest of us can relate to, the parenting-and-booze duo can be a difficult one to escape. In fact, sometimes it feels like motherhood and wine memes go hand in hand.

Teigen said there’s a history of alcohol abuse in her family, and she has trouble having just one drink. She said that alcohol isn’t compatible with the medications she takes for postpartum depression and anxiety. And even though no one suggested it was a problem to her, she began to worry that her alcohol consumption was heading in an unhealthy direction.